1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:04,519 Speaker 1: You know what, I've got a question for you, or 2 00:00:04,559 --> 00:00:09,880 should I say I have a question for you? Which 3 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:16,600 one sounds better? Or are they both? Okay, let's find out. 4 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:23,960 Speaker 2: Welcome to another Happy English podcast, coming to you from 5 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:27,760 New York City, and here's your English teacher, Michael. 6 00:00:28,440 --> 00:00:32,960 Speaker 1: All right, thank you John, and thanks everyone. It's Michael 7 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:37,640 here from Happy English and I help people speak English better. 8 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:43,479 And this is Happy English Podcast, Episode eight eighty six. 9 00:00:44,200 --> 00:00:49,719 Have got versus have? What's the difference? Thanks for tuning 10 00:00:49,759 --> 00:00:53,320 in and welcome back to the Happy English Podcast. So 11 00:00:53,439 --> 00:00:57,159 here's the deal. This question came up recently in a lesson. 12 00:00:57,799 --> 00:01:02,560 Oh Michael, what's the difference diference between have got and 13 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:07,640 just have? That's actually a great question, and the truth is, 14 00:01:08,159 --> 00:01:12,480 for many English learners, have got can be a little confusing. 15 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:17,760 I mean, we've got I have a dog and I've 16 00:01:17,799 --> 00:01:24,040 got a dog and both are correct. What's going on here? Well, 17 00:01:24,079 --> 00:01:27,840 today we're going to break it all down grammar style 18 00:01:28,519 --> 00:01:31,400 and how we really use this in the real world, 19 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:35,560 so you'll know exactly how and when to use have 20 00:01:36,439 --> 00:01:40,680 and have got. Let's get into it. What do you 21 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:45,840 have and have got? Mean? Basically, both have and have 22 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:50,319 got mean exactly the same thing when we're talking about 23 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:58,840 three things, possession, relationships, and characteristics. For example, possession like 24 00:01:59,400 --> 00:02:02,959 I have a has the same meaning as I have 25 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:09,759 got a car, relationships like she has two brothers has 26 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:13,759 the same meaning as she has got two brothers. And 27 00:02:14,599 --> 00:02:19,479 characteristics like he has blue eyes has the same meaning 28 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:23,719 as he's got blue eyes. So let me say that again. 29 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:28,199 Have and have got mean the same thing here. I 30 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:32,000 have a dog and I've got a dog are both 31 00:02:32,039 --> 00:02:36,639 perfectly fine. They both mean I own a dog. So 32 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:41,199 what's the difference. Well, here's where things get interesting. Have 33 00:02:41,479 --> 00:02:48,960 is neutral. You can use have in any situation, formal, casual, business, writing, whatever. 34 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:54,520 But have got that's a little more casual and mostly 35 00:02:54,639 --> 00:03:01,479 used in spoken English. Think of have got a shortcut 36 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:06,360 that native speakers love to use in conversation. And this 37 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:11,560 love of have got usually happens in the contracted form 38 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:18,199 like I've got, you've got, she's got, We've got, like Houston, 39 00:03:18,759 --> 00:03:23,840 we've got a problem. And Alice is married and she's 40 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:28,280 got two kids in college, and I've got no time 41 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:32,120 for that meeting they want to have tomorrow. These all 42 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:37,759 sounds supernatural in spoken American English, Now, if you're writing 43 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,759 an essay or an email to your boss, or taking 44 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:45,520 a test like toek or ailets, go with have. But 45 00:03:46,080 --> 00:03:49,919 if you're just chatting with your friends, I've got, you've got, 46 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:53,479 he's got is a great way to sound more natural. 47 00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:58,039 And again, as you heard in the examples I just used, 48 00:03:58,479 --> 00:04:05,360 in everyday English, have got is almost always contracted. I 49 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:09,560 have got is pronounced as I've got, she has got 50 00:04:10,039 --> 00:04:14,800 is pronounced as she's got, and so on. Nobody really 51 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:19,600 says the full have got unless they're trying to emphasize 52 00:04:19,639 --> 00:04:24,519 something they need to do, like we have got to 53 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:30,199 finish this project by six tonight, or I have got 54 00:04:30,199 --> 00:04:32,839 to go on a diet. All of my jeans are 55 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:38,279 getting too tight. Here, you're really stressing the urgency. We 56 00:04:38,399 --> 00:04:42,600 also use have got to when we make a strong suggestion, 57 00:04:43,199 --> 00:04:47,040 like you have got to try that new pizza shop 58 00:04:47,399 --> 00:04:53,120 it's awesome, or you have got to go to John's Farms. 59 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:58,279 They have the best apple picking this season. Otherwise, in 60 00:04:58,399 --> 00:05:02,879 everyday speech, it's I've got so much to do, or 61 00:05:03,639 --> 00:05:08,959 he's got two interviews this week next. What about questions 62 00:05:08,959 --> 00:05:13,680 in negatives? Now here's a little grammar note. The grammar 63 00:05:13,759 --> 00:05:17,600 of have and have got is slightly different when you 64 00:05:17,759 --> 00:05:21,319 ask questions or make negative sentences, let me show you 65 00:05:21,399 --> 00:05:25,639 what I mean. In American English, the more common and 66 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:30,920 natural sounding question is do you have a pen? This 67 00:05:30,959 --> 00:05:35,920 is the standard form in everyday American conversation and it's 68 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:41,199 used across all levels of formality. Do you have the time? 69 00:05:41,959 --> 00:05:45,480 Does she have any time for a meeting tomorrow? On 70 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:50,920 the other hand, have you got a pen? That's grammatically correct, 71 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:55,519 and it's still understood perfectly, but it's more common in 72 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:59,680 British English. In American English, have you got a pen? 73 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:03,600 Can sound a little old fashioned or a bit formal, 74 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:08,040 depending on the context. Native speakers in the US are 75 00:06:08,199 --> 00:06:12,040 much more likely to ask like this, do you have 76 00:06:12,079 --> 00:06:16,839 a pen? Or you got a pen? Which is very casual, 77 00:06:17,759 --> 00:06:21,360 and it's the same with negative sentences. I don't have 78 00:06:21,439 --> 00:06:26,439 any change is more common in American English than I 79 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:31,879 haven't got any change. And speaking of American English, let's 80 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:38,560 look at gotta gotta is the relaxed pronunciation of have 81 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:43,720 got to. Instead of saying I've got to finish this 82 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:49,040 project by five, we say I gotta finish this project 83 00:06:49,399 --> 00:06:54,839 by five, or we gotta leave soon, are trains at seven? 84 00:06:55,199 --> 00:07:01,079 Or you gotta try this cake It's amazing. Okay, let's recap. 85 00:07:01,879 --> 00:07:05,800 Have got and have mean the same thing when talking 86 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:12,319 about possession, relationships, or characteristics. The contracted form of have 87 00:07:12,519 --> 00:07:17,079 got is more casual and common in spoken English, like 88 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:21,240 I've got a lot of homework to do. We use 89 00:07:21,480 --> 00:07:24,680 have got to when we want to emphasize what we 90 00:07:24,759 --> 00:07:27,920 need to do, like I have got to get my 91 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:32,680 haircut this week. We also use have got to when 92 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:36,639 we make a strong suggestion, like you have got to 93 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:40,920 check out the new album by Stella Cole. She's amazing. 94 00:07:42,399 --> 00:07:46,519 We prefer asking with do or does, like do you 95 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:51,199 have a pen? And gotta is the most casual form, 96 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:56,680 like I got to end this podcast soon. So here's 97 00:07:56,680 --> 00:08:01,560 your challenge. Try using have, have got or gotta in 98 00:08:01,639 --> 00:08:05,480 your own English this week. Say something like I've got 99 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:09,720 a lot on my plate today, or I gotta spend 100 00:08:09,759 --> 00:08:13,639 more time learning English. 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